Wealth
Matthew 6: 19 – 24. Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22. The lamp of the body is the eye. If, therefore, your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! 24. No one can serve 2 masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Do not lay up, but lay up may be rephrased as do not give priority to this, but give priority to that. This passage does not mean that it is sinful to have such assets as insurance, retirement plans, and savings accounts. After all, parents are to save for the children.
Mammon refers to wealth, money, or property. No one can serve two masters, because a time will come when they make opposing demands. Jesus advised us to invest in our future with him by giving of ourselves; Mammon encourage us to collect material objects for our present enjoyment.
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